Within the newest installment of our chats with the manufacturers we inventory, we meet up with Mark Robinson, the European Territory Supervisor from Lezyne to talk lights, pumps and multitools! Learn on to search out out extra!
Inform us in regards to the historical past of Lezyne? The place is the model initially from?
Lezyne was based in 2007, by business icon (and German native) Micki Kozuschek. Within the prime of his profession as knowledgeable triathlete, Kozuschek started Maxcycles and introduced reasonably priced, high-quality bicycles and clothes to the German market. Shortly after shifting to the USA, Kozuschek based Truvativ, which grew to turn into a number one producer of OEM and aftermarket biking parts. In 2004, Kozuschek bought Truvativ to SRAM.
In 2007, Kozuschek re-entered the biking business with Lezyne – Engineered Design.
At a time when poorly engineered, plastic catalog-copied equipment had been the usual, Lezyne’s objective was to engineer and produce premium high quality equipment that meet the identical excessive requirements as high-end bicycle parts. In few phrases, Lezyne’s objective was Engineered Design. At present, the objective stays the identical and Lezyne is now a biking equipment business chief with award profitable merchandise worldwide.
Lezyne’s headquarters is positioned in Reno, Nevada, USA, with workplace places in San Luis Obispo, California, USA, Berlin, Germany, and Taichung, Taiwan.
We’re heading into ‘Gentle season’, the mornings and evenings are darker – what makes Lezyne LED lights totally different to the remaining?
Since 2011, Lezyne has been growing LED lights with a group of in-house product designers and engineers who work beneath the lead of Micki Kozuschek to create the very best high quality lights within the business. Part of the manufacturing unit crew, is an in-house high quality management group, made up of engineers that supervise development.
Lezyne develops its personal lenses to supply the very best optics for bicycle lights. Spectroradiometers are used to confirm lumen outputs and superior CNC-machined warmth dissipating aluminum our bodies are all manufactured in-house. The ecosystem is accomplished with in-house software program programmers.
Lezyne LEDs boast highly effective, uniform gentle beams with business main run instances, are characteristic wealthy with a wide range of strong and flash modes, intuitive, and are available IPX7 waterproof rated. The compact, all the things you want and nothing you don’t strategy makes a Lezyne LED a high-performance, but fashionable addition to any trip.
Beneath Micki Kozuschek’s management and funding into the business, Lezyne has full management over the event and manufacturing course of, permitting exquisitely designed, intelligently engineered, meticulously inspected and functionally full lights at a price-to-value ratio unmatched by the market.
What are the important thing launches for this Autumn/Winter?
Lezyne launched their 2024 product vary at Eurobike, saying the Ai gentle sequence, together with the Strip Professional Ai Alert 400+ Rear, KTV Professional+ Ai Alert Rear (the Strip and KTV having StVZO criticism fashions for the German market) together with the well-received Saddle Ai Alert 250 Rear. The Ai Alert sequence combines Synthetic Intelligence with our superior ALERT rear taillights which mechanically detect brake occasions and intelligently change output mode to Lively Alert – a speedy flash “brake gentle” mode; signaling deceleration, successfully speaking your actions to site visitors and fellow cyclists, enhancing rider visibility and security.
Lezyne have additionally launched a mount vary, the LED qPro Mount – a CNC-machined aluminum, quick-release mount with GoPro compatibility designed for tremendous fast mounting and dismounting of suitable Lezyne LEDs. The Garmin/Wahoo GPS Ahead Mount in addition to a GoPro suitable variant, the Mega Mounts S/L, and the compact Flexi Stem Mount.
As well as, Lezyne introduced the 18k Gold restricted Version Pump that includes the Presta Professional pump head, a pump head with Lezyne’s progressive (VBS) Valve Bleed System, permitting customers to wonderful tune tire pressures on the easy press of a button on Presta valves.
How does a rider select the very best gentle for them? Is brightest the very best?
No. Brightest just isn’t essentially finest. Lezyne’s lineup consists of lights to see, or lights to be seen. Lights to see embrace entrance lights, helmet lights, and E-bike lights. Lights to be seen embrace back lights and alert lights. Lights are additionally supplied in pairs and sure fashions characteristic Good Join- a wise strategy to wirelessly management your lights utilizing Lezyne’s LED Ally app. We advocate a mix of entrance and back lights to extend your visibility and general security.
When selecting your Lezyne lights you need to be aware your international locations rules, for instance German regulation requires StVZO compliant lights. Your lights specification will depend on your private wants as a rider. Street and gravel cyclists might want glossy and compact lights with clear built-in mounting choices just like the Macro Drive 1400+ with the Strip Professional Ai Alert 400+ Rear. Mountain bikers bombing trails throughout night time rides might want the largest and brightest just like the Mega Drive 2400+ with the Lite Drive 1200+ helmet gentle mixture. Bike packing bicycle owner could require highly effective lights just like the Tremendous Drive 1800+ with Infinite Gentle Powerpack+ compatibility for prolonged runtimes. A favourite amongst E-bike riders is the E-Bike Macro Drive 1000- you will need to contemplate compatibility when selecting an E-bike gentle.
Specs to think about can be max lumen output, max runtime and the mix of strong and flash modes that suite you in addition to powerpack compatibility. Measurement and weight are additionally necessary elements to think about and these specs are all precisely listed on the web site. All Lezyne lights are IPX7 water proof rated, are designed for environment friendly warmth dissipation and are both USB or USB-C suitable.
In addition to lights, Lezyne make an enormous vary of different merchandise – what are your private favourites?
A few of our private favourites are the RAP II 19 Multi instrument, The Street Caddy Saddle bag, The Professional Tubeless Equipment and final however not least, the Alloy HV Digital Drive Flooring Pump.
What are Lezyne’s plans for the longer term? Something thrilling you’ll be able to inform us to look out for within the coming months?
We’re notably enthusiastic about our Ai Alert gentle range- The way forward for bicycle gentle expertise! Combining Synthetic Intelligence with our superior ALERT rear taillights to deliver you essentially the most correct biking brake lights in the marketplace.
Mark, nice to meet up with you and thanks for the very detailed info!
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